{"id":188358,"date":"2025-10-09T15:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/188358\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T15:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:39:10","slug":"freddie-flintoff-suddenly-quits-job-over-salary-offer-and-drops-strong-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/188358\/","title":{"rendered":"Freddie Flintoff suddenly quits job over salary offer and drops strong statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cricket legend Freddie Flintoff has confirmed that he has left one of his jobs after the salary did not meet his required expectations\"FreddieFreddie Flintoff became head coach of the Northern Superchargers in 2023 but his time at The Hundred franchise has come to an end(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

Cricket legend Freddie Flintoff has revealed that he has departed from The Hundred franchise Northern Superchargers after being offered ‘a quarter’ of the salary of other head coaches. The Lancashire and England icon joined the team in 2023, shortly after his recovery from a dreadful crash on the set of Top Gear.<\/p>\n

In 2022, Flintoff<\/a> suffered serious injuries, including losing all his teeth, when the trike he was driving overturned. His wife Rachael stated after the accident that cricket ‘saved’ her husband when he needed it most.<\/p>\n

For two years, Flintoff has held the position of head coach for the Northern Superchargers and has also worked with the England Lions<\/a> development squad. However, the 47-year-old has now confirmed his departure from the former role.<\/p>\n

On the Beard Before Wicket<\/a> podcast, Flintoff<\/a> explained his decision: “I genuinely don’t do it for the money – although it’s nice – but I’m worth more than just over a quarter of the salary of other head coaches. We have new owners and I spoke to them and said: ‘Yeah, fine, make us an offer.’<\/p>\n

“I wasn’t encouraged they wanted me anyway, and you want to feel valued. So I said that it’s not going to work for me and they weren’t going to move on it.<\/p>\n

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“I felt we were building something over the last two years and I’d have loved to see it through.” The Northern Superchargers, who are based at Yorkshire’s Headingley Stadium, were sold to The Sun Group in July.<\/p>\n

The Indian media company, who also own Sunrisers Hyderabad and Sunrisers Eastern Cape, are clearly no strangers to cricket and have acquired 100% control of the franchise from Yorkshire County Cricket Club.<\/p>\n

Following confirmation of the deal, Head of Sports at Sun TV Network Limited, Kaviya Maran said: “We’re excited to have acquired the Northern Superchargers and to begin this new chapter in close collaboration with Yorkshire County Cricket Club.<\/p>\n

“Yorkshire’s proud cricketing heritage, its passionate fan base, and the iconic Headingley Stadium make this a truly special opportunity. We are committed to building upon that legacy.<\/p>\n

\"EnglandEngland cricket legend Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff pictured whilst head coach of the Northern Superchargers(Image: Mike Egerton\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n

“The Hundred has created a stage where tradition meets innovation and fans of all ages are tuning in. It’s a game changer and we are here to help push it even further.<\/p>\n

“For someone who is passionate about the game’s future, especially bringing more women and younger fans into it, this investment felt like a no brainer.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Flintoff<\/a> is expected to focus his complete attention on the national squad.<\/p>\n

He will travel to Australia this winter when his England Lions take on the senior England side in a preparation match before the Ashes series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cricket legend Freddie Flintoff has confirmed that he has left one of his jobs after the salary did…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[58212,1721,7681,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-188358","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-andrew-flintoff","9":"tag-cricket","10":"tag-england-cricket-team","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}